Sicklefin weasel shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Hemigaleidae |
Genus: | Hemigaleus |
Species: | H. microstoma |
Binomial name | |
Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852 |
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The sicklefin weasel shark, Hemigaleus microstoma, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 28° N and 30° S. Its length is up to 1.1 m.
Reproduction is viviparous.